Benefits of Podcasts
Benefits of Podcasts
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Monday
Monday
Welcome to March Badgeness
Welcome to March Badgeness! You’re about to embark on a new adventure - a month-long journey of exploring podcasts from many different perspectives. You will receive daily emails with resources to check out and/or tasks for you to complete. These resources and tasks are also accessible at any time on our March Badgeness website. Please be sure to bookmark this site so it is easily accessible throughout our journey. At the end of each week, you’ll have the opportunity to earn a badge by completing a Google Form. After earning all four badges throughout the month, you’ll receive your Power of Podcasting Champion badge! To kick things off, please introduce yourself to others participating in March Badgeness by creating a slide in our slide deck linked below. Please feel free to reach out to us at any time with questions!
✉️ Heather Shaffer hshaffer@moric.org
✉️ Kristina Donley kdonley@moric.org
Links
Welcome Video & Introduction to Website (watch this)
March Badgeness 2024 Website (bookmark this)
Introduce Yourself Slides (create a slide about yourself)
Benefits
Podcasts, unlike TV or YouTube, let you do stuff while you listen. They also provide mental and cognitive benefits as well. This week we will dive into the many benefits of podcasts, such as
Easily accessible
Learn and grow
Reduce stress
Foster positive mindset
Reduce screen time
Become a better listener
Stimulate imagination
Convenient to listen to
Mentally therapeutic
Improve comprehension
Keep storytelling alive
Tuesday
Tuesday
Welcome to day #2 of March Badgeness! Today we’re going to read an article from Resonate Recordings that will take us on a deep dive into the psychological benefits of listening to podcasts. Below is just a short excerpt. Use the link at the bottom to read the entire article.
The Psychological Benefits of Listening to Podcasts Regularly
“What are the psychological benefits of listening to podcasts?
Podcasts can boost mental health, reduce stress, and improve your active listening skills. They’re also great for learning new things and reducing screen time.
What is the psychology of listening to podcasts?
The allure of podcasts lies in their ability to meet our basic psychological needs like competence, autonomy, and relatedness while providing education and entertainment.
Is listening to podcasts good for your brain?
Absolutely. Listening to podcasts stimulates mental imagery, enhancing imagination. It also sharpens cognitive functions through focused engagement with varied content topics.
What happens to your brain when you listen to podcasts?
Your brain engages in active processing as it interprets audio information from a podcast. This improves comprehension abilities while promoting creativity through imaginative visualization.“ …read more
Wednesday
Wednesday
PD in your pocket!
Did you know that you have 24/7 access to personalized professional development that fits your specific learning needs and fits within the time constraints of your busy schedule as a teacher? Check out this article from our friends at Edutopia that highlights using podcasts for PD.
Making Podcasts Part of Professional Learning
Making Podcasts Part of Professional Learning
“Always keep earbuds handy to listen to podcasts anytime and anywhere, whether on your commute, taking a walk, having your lunch break, or waiting in line at the grocery store. The convenience of being able to listen at your own pace is what makes podcast learning enjoyable.” …read more
Thursday
Thursday
Podcasts don’t have to be full-length published productions. They can be any type of audio recording for any purpose. Consider the benefits of using audio for giving your students personalized feedback as you explore this article from the Journal of Instructional Research.
The Power of Podcasting: Perspectives on Pedagogy
“Another way of promoting student autonomy in classes is delivery of short, customized narrative audio feedback files for students. The importance of effective feedback that is delivered to the student in a palatable manner cannot be understated. As cited in Cooper (2008), good quality feedback is paramount in the pursuit of lifelong learning and is especially valuable in helping learners internalize standards and actively respond to areas for individual enhancement thus improving the quality of assessed work prior to its submission. What constitutes effective feedback is a key point in education research, and there are many theories in this area. Educators must recognize that not all learners will read their written feedback, and those who do may not easily decode and translate the feedback received, since feedback must go beyond mere transmission of information (Cooper, 2008, p. 154). However, studies of student perception of effective feedback regularly report the same themes: student individuation, gentle guidance, ongoing coaching and timeliness (Getzlaf, Perry, Toffner, Lamarche & Edwards, 2009). These areas can be addressed in an effective manner by delivering instructor-to-student feedback through audio files.” …read more
Kami
If your school subscribes to Kami, you can use the built-in voice comment tool to give your students audio feedback.
Vocaroo
Teachers can use Vocaroo to record audio feedback, then copy/paste the link for students to listen to in a comment on Google Docs.
Friday
Friday
You did it! You survived week #1 of March Badgeness. Now it’s time to earn that badge!!
Reflection
This week, you’ve had the opportunity to read about the many benefits of podcasts both for your own recreational use and personal growth as well as for professional development. You’ve also explored some ways audio files can be utilized with your students in the classroom. As you reflect on what you’ve learned and your own personal experience with podcasts, share what has been most intriguing to you in this Google Form to earn your first badge.
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